interRAI provides a suite of standardized, validated instruments used to assess health
and psychosocial well-being, and to inform person-centered care planning. Data obtained
from these standardized tools can also be used at a population level for research
and to inform policy, and interRAI is currently used in more than 40 countries globally.
We present a brief overview of the use of interRAI internationally within research
and policy settings, and then introduce how interRAI is used within the universal
public health system in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), including considerations relating
to Māori, the Indigenous people of NZ.
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